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Homecoming: do not want!!1!

June 30, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We got home about an hour ago. Lots of cat hair (et cetera) to clean up, but it’s kind of good to be home anyway. Even if there are no […]

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Toronto, Trips

Felix!

June 30, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Tonight was a nice wrap-up to our trip: I got to see Stanzi for the first time in ages, and I finally got to meet her fiance Trent. We all […]

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Trips, TV

BSS & HEPA

June 29, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Just got home from the Yaletown Brewing Co. where we watched Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the Euro final. Two things I love about the YBC, even more than their […]

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Sports, Technology, Trips

I can has watterfrunt plz? Kthxbai.

June 29, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

After a big breakfast downstairs at the hotel, Nellie and I went down to the marinaside and rented some bikes from Reckless. For $30 we got two bikes for 2 […]

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Toronto, Trips

From sky to sea

June 28, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

It really is amazing how you can change your scenery out here in just a few hours. This morning at 10:00 we took the gondola up Whistler Mountain for a […]

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Trips

Beer + sun + patio = vacation

June 28, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

That picture has nothing to do with what we did today. That’s a picture of Takkakaw Falls, back in Yoho National Park. Today nothing we did was terribly picture-worthy; we […]

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Trips

Homogeneous and precious…like MTV!

June 27, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

‘Twas a long and winding road, my friends. We started out from Kamloops this morning after a superginormous breakfast, happily waving goodbye to our ugly Four Points hotel room. We […]

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Trips

Now that's more like it.

June 26, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We just arrived at the Pan Pacific Whistler Village Centre. All we wanted after a long day of twisty, turn-y driving was a decent, functional room…but wow. This is a […]

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Trips

Bye mountains…

June 25, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Hey kids. We’ve finally returned to the land of cell phone signals and internet connections. O’Hara gave us a proper send-off; last night, after dinner, the sun finally broke through […]

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Trips

“We found a whole…gopher colony.”

June 24, 2008by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

One thing I have learned about the Rockies: the weather will switch from sun to rain at a moment’s notice, and will often overlap. Take today: it rained on and […]

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